Dylan Williams of Sparkplug Comics opines with Robot6 about the stance of the comics industry and his own stake in the indie comics arena.

The interwebs has gifted us with a host of New England Comics Weekend recaps from Robot6’s Bobby Timony; writer/editor Rick Marshall and Bob Weiner’s digital soapbox, and Fleen’s Gary Tyrrell’s, to name a few.

QuotesOnComics.com gives you a fresh, funny (and sometimes, even inspirational) quote from a comic book each time you visit (or refresh).

Comic Con’s announced that submissions are now being accepted for the annual Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. To qualify for the award, an artist must be a newcomer to the comic field, having had no professional work published prior to January 2004. More info.

Europe gets cartoon-y: Milano, Italy hosts European comics exhibition Cartoomics at the Fiera Milano, March 26-29; Wonder Woman writer Gail Simone signs books at Forbidden Planet on Crampton Quay, from 6-7PM on March 27 in Dublin, Ireland; and Frazer Irving and David Hines will conduct a signing at Orbital Comics on Great newport Street, beginning at 3PM on March 28 in London, England.

They’re more than just kangaroos, koalas and shrimp-on-barbies; Melbourne, Australia hosts The Supanova Pop Culture Expo at the Melbourne Showgrounds on March 27-29.

The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 4: Mr. Sixties! is back, ready for action, and available for pre-order. It’s a new softcover edition chock-full of goodies for the devoted Crumb fans. Fantagraphics has been so kind as to share with us a photo and video slideshow preview. In more Crumb linkage, turns out we’re actually going to get a full-length book out of Robert Crumb, which, excitingly enough, will be a 200+ page interpretation of the Book of Genesis.

The 297th issue of The Comics Journal is now out for preview and pre-order, and features art and interviews with the usual prolific cast of characters: Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois creator Mort Walker and French artist Emmanuel Guibert (Alan’s War), and a gallery of illustrations from caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson.

GraphicNYC’s Chris Irving chats with world-renown comics artist, Joe Kubert, at his very own School of Cartoon and Graphic Art.

“The Evil Issue” of Always Comix is out, and they want to celebrate with Evil Partying. This Saturday, March 28, at 8PM, join the creators Sarah Louise Wahrhaftig, Erin Griffin and Kyle Schmidt for their release shindig at the Padlock Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.